Hi everyone! I'm trying to catch up with a couple of days worth of posts. We were in town this weekend and not really too busy, except for cleaning out a closet or two, going through the kids' toys and games and school stuff they no longer need, picking up some new school supplies for this year, and a little bit of kids' clothes shopping because of the sales tax-free weekend in Tennessee (restricted to clothes and school supplies and such).
Here goes....
Marielle~ I'm glad your dentist appointment went fairly well and I hope you enjoyed your day off work. Your Robdream sounded swoonworthy, and I'm sorry you had to deal with your Mom's Team Dog computer. Your brother has seen
Eclipse three times?
My brother is great and we're close, but not only would he
never see the movies, he would simply tease me for my love of all things Twilight. Hope you make it through the visit with your BF's family. We're always here for a laugh and some distraction.
Brienna~ Thank you for sharing with us a bit about your history with depression, and how the home care has helped you. You should be so proud of yourself for working through your issues and getting the help you need and deserve. You never know when someone lurking on these boards might be affected by your story and find the inspiration they need to seek help.
Jaclyn and Susie~ It's just easier to post your messages together! Seeing Eclipse in Leicester Square—how cool is that! I love the pictures and noticed “Bella Italia” in the background too. It looks like you're having a wonderful time and I'm glad the weather was lovely in Edinburgh, and that
Susie was able to meet
Jaclyn's parents and bf.
Jaclyn, I'm glad you finally bought WFE and can't wait to hear what you think about it after you read it.
Susie, I hope your knee is holding up well with your world travels. You drink a “triple scotch and water”?
Wow...you really go for the hard stuff!
I'm more of a beer drinker, or wine, or margarita, or maybe a cosmo, or something really decadent like a chocolate martini or a coffee drink with Kahlua or Baileys. Nice job with the Twi-Scrabble ladies! I'm sorry you have to fly home tomorrow
Susie and we look forward to hearing from you in a couple of days when you're over your jet lag.
Vicky~ I'm sorry you couldn't meet up with Jaclyn and Susie this time around, but I know you'll have another chance to do so in the future. Your trip to the U.S. for the BD premiere sounds like fun, especially the visit to Forks. We seriously have to wait until December of 2011 for Bel Ami?
We're going to have some serious Rob drought to get through, but hopefully the occasional set pic from BD filming this fall will make our wait a bit easier.
Newjen~ A Slytherin license plate—that's too funny. I heard on a Harry Potter podcast that T-shirts are available with the slogan, “Undesirable #1”
. I don't have any HP T-shirts or merchandise, but I might just have to break down and purchase something to celebrate the final movies(s). You and I are an eight-hour drive from one another? What city is roughly four hours from either one of us? I guess I should “google it”.
Caryn~ I hope you enjoyed your brief time with the house to yourself. Those times when I have the house to myself overnight are few and far between, but oh so lovely. I hope your conference in Boston goes smoothly; it's good to know you won't be “off the grid”. You do win the award for the Great American Eclipse Tour. I'm impressed that nearly 60 people were in the theater with you. I went for a spontaneous, late afternoon, mid-week viewing of #5 this week, but only shared the theater with ten or twelve other people. (It was actually more like #4 and nine-tenths. In spite of driving like a bat out of hell after dropping the kids at my mom's, I didn't arrive at the theater until the scene with Bella and Edward waiting for Charlie at the police station.
So much for long previews.)
Fi~ It sounds like you've having a good time getting settled into a new place, and a new routine. We're glad to see you whenever you get a chance to check in. Thanks for the Robcrack.
Missp~ I know you're already in bed, but I hope you have a great first day tomorrow. You seem like such an incredibly organized person, with your classroom, your clothes and closets, your meal planning, etc. I'm impressed, and need to get my buns in gear too. You mentioned something about new reading requirements for the state of Alabama. Our school district is increasing classroom reading to stay compliant with new curriculum this year; but I'm not sure if it's mandated by the county or the state. I just hope these requirements don't negatively affect other school subjects. I know we'll learn more about it at our Parent Information Night in a couple of weeks. I hope your parents have a safe trip. Maybe they can make a side trip to Forks and take a picture by the Forks High School sign.
Desiree~ Good luck to you and your hubs as you tackle those tough decisions. Hope that everything is okay.
Jenn Jenn~ You'll love watching your baby girl continue to grow and learn. I'm sorry about the possible carsickness. My ten-year-old daughter still can be bothered by that. She's usually okay if it's a shorter drive. We've learned that audio books help, crackers are good, not riding on an empty stomach helps, chewing gum sometimes helps, and if all else fails, we carry a coffee can in the car for sudden emergencies when you can't get pulled off the interstate quickly enough.
We were hesitant to use medication, but talked to our doctor about it this summer because we had a twelve hour drive to the beach and hated for her to be queasy and miserable the whole time. We gave her children's dramamine (in a chewable formula) and it helped tremendously.
We're having the 95 to 100 degree weather too and I'm
so ready for fall. The kids may not be able to have recess when they start school Thursday due to these insane temperatures, as they hate to risk a child quickly becoming overheated. I always have a difficult time accessing the Robsessed website and it takes forever to load. I've also had some trouble recently on the Lex, especially if I click on links to look at pictures in people's posts. It seems to make the site run even slower or lock-up, and I sometimes have to reboot my computer or at least go to another site for awhile. Thanks for the PFach crack. Did you check out his biceps?
Raine~ Hi! Hope work is going well for you today. Isn't Joshua Jackson the actor on
Fringe, the sci-fi, X-File-ish TV show? I love that quirky show and his character is great! I don't know if anyone around here watches it.
You ladies seem like ya'll had tons of fun! I have to do that too with the ABC song a lot. No, she can't recognize them by site yet. But I have started it some. I think flashcards would be a good idea to help her more.
. So here's my feeble attempt in catching up with the posts...
Vicky, Ann Marie, Mel, or Fi - do any of you know if and what channel it will be shown in the UK?
